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In the backfield Gordon F. Stofer '37
of Olmstead Falls, O. and John M. Batten
'37 of Cape May, N. J., both with one
year of Varsity experience, vie for the
No. 1 position. Andrew W. Peirce '36 of
LaGrange, 111. and Willard W. Ziegler
'37 of Oil City, Pa., of last year's Varsity
and squad, respectively, lead as candidates
for No. z back; while Robert T.
Meagher '37 of Elbridge and last year's
squad and Elliott H. Hooper '38 of
Aurora, 111. and the 1934 Freshman team,
have been working at No. 3. Captain
Harrison S. Wilson '36 of Germantown,
Pa. and William W. Manson '36 of East
Orange, N. J., both with two years'
experience, the one on the Varsity, the
other on the squad, hold the No. 4
berths in that order.
Of the twenty-two men who make up
these two first teams, it is seen that but
four have had two years of Varsity experience,
seven one year, two have been
on the squad two years and five one year,
while three were members of the 1934
Freshman team.
The backfield to date is more promising
than the line. Stofer's left-handed passes
and right-footed punts, with the reverse
arrangement by Hooper, who passes with
his right hand and kicks with his left
foot, are expected to help keep the opposition
guessing. Batten runs, kicks,
and passes with about equal facility,
while Captain Hack Wilson runs and
passes, and can kick if necessary.
New Coaches on Staff
Two newcomers to the coaching staff
this year are Frank K. Murdock '34, captain
of the 1933 team and one of the
Varsity's greatest tackles, who is working
with the line; and Nathaniel E. Kossack
*34, for three years an outstanding
tackle on the Varsity and mainstay of
the lacrosse team, now a second-year
student in Law. Kossack worked with
the Freshman team last year, but this
year is officially appointed assistant
coach.
Gilmour Dobie begins this fall his
sixteenth year at Cornell as head coach.
He is also being assisted by Francis A.
Lueder, Jr. '31, line coach since he played
Varsity end on the teams of 19x9 and
1930; by Bartholomew J. Viviano '33,
for three years the outstanding star of
the Varsity backfield, 1932- captain,
backfield assistant coach and member of
the Class of '36 in the Law School; and
Richard H. Beyer '33, three times winner
of the C, captain of lacrosse in 1933, now
also a Senior in Law and for two years
coach of the Freshman team.
Notes on the Schedule
This year's is the third opening game
against St. Lawrence, whom the Varsity
defeated last year, 14-0. Not since 19x9
has the schedule included Western Reserve,
where football received new emphasis
last year under the late Sam Williman,
who died in August. They appear
in Ithaca October 5 with what is reported
to be a strong team; the 192.9 score was
Cornell 36, Western Reserve o.
The game with Syracuse October iz
is the third in t'he revived series which
had lapsed for thirty-two years, and the
first to be played in Archbold Stadium.
Both the previous games have been won
by Syracuse. The ten-game series from
1891 to 1900 was won by Cornell, 2.92.
points to none.
Since 1891, Cornell and Princeton have
been intermittent football rivals, Princeton
winning sixteen of the twenty-three
games played, Cornell six, with one
scoreless tie, in 193Z. Other commitments
of both prevented a game the next
year, but Cornell lost the first of a twogame
arrangement last year, 45-0. Yale
replaces Princeton on the 1936 Varsity
schedule, at New Haven.
Since 1889, Cornell's second year of
intercollegiate football, she has played
Columbia. Of the modern series, uninterrupted
since 192.0, Cornell has won eight
games, Columbia five, and there were two
scoreless ties, in 19x7 and 'z8. Last year's
Columbia team, which later defeated
Stanford in the Rose Bowl, beat Cornell
14-0. The Columbia game is November
z in Ithaca.
Dartmouth, whom the Varsity plays
in Hanover November 16, has been on
the schedule continuously since 1919,
Cornell winning seven times and Dartmouth
nine. Last year's game was the
highlight of the Varsity season, the
score being Cornell 2.1, Dartmouth 6.
With but one exception since 1893,
when the schedule was cancelled in 1918
because of the War, the Cornell season
has ended with the traditional Pennsylvania
game at Philadelphia, this year
November z8. Of the series, Pennsylvania
has won twenty-nine, Cornell ten,
and there have been two ties. In the last
five years, however, the Varsity has won
three times, but lost last year, 13-Z7.
FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES
In addition to the Varsity football
schedule, first announced in the ALUMNI
NEWS of last January 14, four other
schedules of fall and winter sports have
been announced and are included in our
"Coming Events" column.
The freshman football team for the
first time since 19x1 will play five games,
of which the three in Ithaca will all be
played on Schoellkopf Field on Saturdays
the Varsity is away or idle. Canisius
comes to Ithaca to open the season
October 12., followed by Cook Academy
October 19. November z the Frosh meet
the Syracuse freshmen there; November 9
they play Dickinson Seminary at Ithaca;
and November 16, traditionally, they
close the season against Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia.
The cross-country season opens October
11 against Alfred at Alfred and includes
October 19 the United States Military
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Academy at West Point; November z,
Yale at New York City; 9, Syracuse at
Ithaca; and November 18, the Intercollegiates
at New York City. For ten days
Coach Moakley has had a score of
Varsity candidates in daily training.
Five soccer games will be played on
Alumni Field this year and three away.
Beginning October 5 against either
Colgate or Rochester at Ithaca, the team
plays Hamilton at Clinton October 12.,
Lehigh at Ithaca October 19, and Princeton
at Ithaca October 2.6. November 9
they meet Haverford at Ithaca; 16,
Swarthmore at Swarthmore; 13, Colgate
or Rochester at Ithaca; and end the
season November 27 against Pennsylvania
at Philadelphia.
The first of the winter schedules to be
announced is that of wrestling, in which
the first four meets, opening with
Queen's University January 18, will be
held in Ithaca, and the remaining four
away. February 6, the team will meet
Syracuse; February 15, Colgate; and
February zz, Lehigh, all in the Old
Armory. The first out-of-town match is
February z8 with Columbia in New York
City, to be followed the next day by one
with Army at West Point. March 7 they
meet Penn State at State College, and
close their season March 13 and 14 with
the Intercollegiates at Princeton.
ENLARGE SWIMMING POOL
Work was to begin last Monday on
the enlargement of the swimming pool
behind the Old Armory. This is one of
the first major projects to be authorized
by the Board of Athletic Control and will
remedy a condition long a source of
undergraduate dissatisfaction. It is understood
that funds for the remodelling of
the pool will come from the recreation
fee of four dollars a term which will be
paid this fall for the first time by all
undergraduates.
Plans drawn by the Department of
Buildings and Grounds call for the
lengthening of the pool to seventy-five
feet, the addition of a ten-foot platform
at the east end with an official one-meter
springboard, and deepening the pool to
eight feet and raising the roof to accommodate
diving, heretofore impossible.
The new pool will be completely
relinecl with tile and will have a modern
grab rail, recessed ladders, and a threefoot
platform at the west end. The brick
building which houses the present pool
will be enlarged to accommodate its
greater length and also a spectators'
gallery along the north side to seat about
ZZ5, with an entrance from the present
lobby between the Old Armory and the
gymnasium. The University DBG will
carry on the construction.
Lack of adequate swimming facilities
have always been fertile grounds for
undergraduate complaint, from the time
the present "gymnasium annex" was
built. The Cornell Era for November 30,